Lamentations 3:45

Lamentations 3:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
• New International Version (NIV)You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

Context of Lamentations 3:45

43“You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy. 44You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you. You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations. 46“All our enemies have spoken out against us. 47We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”

Lamentations 3:45 word by word

סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• the offscouringסְחִיsechîy · offscouringH5501
• and refuseמָאוֹסmâ'ôs · refuseH3973
• in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:45

• Lamentations 3:14My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult beautiful Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city called ‘Most Beautiful in All the World’ and ‘Joy of All the Earth’?”
• Lamentations 4:14They wandered blindly through the streets, so defiled by blood that no one dared touch them.
• Deuteronomy 28:13If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.
• 1 Corinthians 4:13We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:45

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45Omit “as.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 43-4543-45. covered--namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psa 10:11; 22:25.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
• Acrostic
• Alphabet
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings